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The characteristics of ethylene production and ACC conversion in 8-day-old soybean seedlings were examined and a relationship between cytochrome P-450 activity and ethylene-forming enzyme (EFE) activity was found. An atmosphere containing 10% carbon monoxide (CO) significantly inhibited ethylene production and ACC conversion in control soybean seedlings, but had only a slight effect on soybean seedlings treated with uniconazole. Foliar application of triclopyr, a pyridine analogue of the phenoxy herbicides, significantly increased ethylene production and ACC conversion in control, but not in uniconazoletreated seedlings. Triclopyr treatment also resulted in a three-fold increase in extractable cytochrome P-450 of 5-day-old etiolated soybeans. At equimolar concentrations tetcyclacis was more effective than uniconazole in reducing shoot elongation and endogenous ethylene production. Although uniconazole and tetcyclacis did not inhibit ACC conversion in nonherbicide-treated soybean seedlings, they did prevent the observed increase in ACC-dependent EFE activity following triclopyr application. However, the rate of ACC conversion in etiolated soybean segments was sensitive to uniconazole, and tetcyclacis inhibited the rate of ACC conversion by 2.6-fold in etiolated soybean segments within 4 h after treatment. Microsomal membranes were isolated from 5-day-old naphthalic anhydride-treated etiolated wheat shoots as this tissue contains much higher cytochrome P-450 levels than soybean shoots. Optical difference spectroscopy demonstrated that ACC generated binding spectrum characteristic of a reverse-type-I cytochrome P-450 substrate when combined with reduced microsomes. In vitro conversion of ACC to ethylene by microsomal membranes was NADPH-dependent, inhibited by CO, and had an apparent Km and Vmax of 45 μM and 0.345 nl/mg protein/h, respectively. These results suggest that cytochrome P-450-mediated monooxygenase reactions may be intimately involved in the conversion of ACC to ethylene in young soybean and wheat seedlings.
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Kraus, T.E., Murr, D.P., Hofstra, G. et al. Modulation of ethylene synthesis in acotyledonous soybean and wheat seedlings. J Plant Growth Regul 11, 47–53 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00193843
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